Blue Velvet by Dustin Stratton

Title/Year
Blue Velvet/1986
Director/Birth Country/Year Born
David Lynch/United States/1946
Budget
$6m
Gross
$8,551,228
Synopsis
A young man from the suburbs is thrown into a seedy underworld after finding a severed ear in a field.
Narrative and Visual Keywords
High contrast, color plays big role, lonely, awkward
Characterization/ Dialogue
Awkward dialogue, main character is rather flat to juxtapose the world that he enters
Camera/lighting/editing technique
Lot of high key/low fill, camera seems anxious which transfers that emotion to the audience, the editing for the most part is very slow, letting the scenes play out almost to the point where it is painful.
Political/ Social Commentary 
David Lynch is effing weird, I have no idea what this movie is supposed to mean if anything.
Historical Relevance/ Recognition
It's historical relevance is that it is a David Lynch film and he has a pretty good cult following. It was nominated for a few awards, including an Oscar for best director which did not pan out. It won some smaller things such as film festivals and LA Film Critics Association awards.
Notable Collaboration 
Dino De Laurentiis was a producer on this film. He had to set up his own distribution company, D.E.G., in order to get the film into theaters because nobody else would touch it. (IMDB)
Random fact, Etc.
Isabella Rossellini actually was naked under her velvet robe when she did the "ritualistic rape scene", a fact that her partner Dennis Hopper was not aware of, until the cameras started rolling and his co-actor opened her legs for him to kneel between. This scene was the very first time the two of them ever worked together.

1. David Lynch's first film "Eraserhead" originally was playing at midnight movie theaters. It was soon discovered by directors such as John Waters, Stanley Kubrick, Mel Brooks, and George Lucas who's names carried some weight when it comes to recommending films to watch. Kubrick even made his cast watch it before filming "The Shining" to get them in the right frame of mind.(IMDB)

2. His long painful takes and deliberately slow editing are very apparent in all of his films. He keeps the audience anxious and anticipating with the well though out takes. Also his use of high contrasting lighting techniques and awkward situations are also very apparent.

3. I think his style is much the same, though he seems to focus more and more on color as he progresses throughout his career.